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§ 125.319 

in conducting en route inspections is 
determined by the Administrator. 

§ 125.319 Emergencies. 

(a) In an emergency situation that 

requires immediate decision and ac-
tion, the pilot in command may take 
any action considered necessary under 
the circumstances. In such a case, the 
pilot in command may deviate from 
prescribed operations, procedures and 
methods, weather minimums, and this 
chapter, to the extent required in the 
interests of safety. 

(b) In an emergency situation arising 

during flight that requires immediate 
decision and action by appropriate 
management personnel in the case of 
operations conducted with a flight fol-
lowing service and which is known to 
them, those personnel shall advise the 
pilot in command of the emergency, 
shall ascertain the decision of the pilot 
in command, and shall have the deci-
sion recorded. If they cannot commu-
nicate with the pilot, they shall de-
clare an emergency and take any ac-
tion that they consider necessary 
under the circumstances. 

(c) Whenever emergency authority is 

exercised, the pilot in command or the 
appropriate management personnel 
shall keep the appropriate ground radio 
station fully informed of the progress 
of the flight. The person declaring the 
emergency shall send a written report 
of any deviation, through the opera-
tor’s director of operations, to the Ad-
ministrator within 10 days, exclusive of 
Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holi-
days, after the flight is completed or, 
in the case of operations outside the 
United States, upon return to the home 
base. 

§ 125.321 Reporting potentially haz-

ardous meteorological conditions 
and irregularities of ground and 
navigation facilities. 

Whenever the pilot in command en-

counters a meteorological condition or 
an irregularity in a ground facility or 
navigation aid in flight, the knowledge 
of which the pilot in command con-
siders essential to the safety of other 
flights, the pilot in command shall no-

tify an appropriate ground station as 
soon as practicable. 

[Doc. No. 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, as 
amended by Amdt. 125–52, 72 FR 31683, June 
7, 2007] 

§ 125.323 Reporting mechanical irreg-

ularities. 

The pilot in command shall ensure 

that all mechanical irregularities oc-
curring during flight are entered in the 
maintenance log of the airplane at the 
next place of landing. Before each 
flight, the pilot in command shall as-
certain the status of each irregularity 
entered in the log at the end of the pre-
ceding flight. 

§ 125.325 Instrument approach proce-

dures and IFR landing minimums. 

Except as specified in § 91.176 of this 

chapter, no person may make an in-
strument approach at an airport except 
in accordance with IFR weather mini-
mums and unless the type of instru-
ment approach procedure to be used is 
listed in the certificate holder’s oper-
ations specifications. 

[Docket FAA–2013–0485, Amdt. 125–66, 81 FR 
90176, Dec. 13, 2016] 

§ 125.327 Briefing of passengers before 

flight. 

(a) Before each takeoff, each pilot in 

command of an airplane carrying pas-
sengers shall ensure that all passengers 
have been orally briefed on— 

(1) 

Smoking. 

Each passenger shall be 

briefed on when, where, and under what 
conditions smoking is prohibited. This 
briefing shall include a statement that 
the Federal Aviation Regulations re-
quire passenger compliance with the 
lighted passenger information signs, 
posted placards, areas designated for 
safety purposes as no smoking areas, 
and crewmember instructions with re-
gard to these items. 

(2) 

The use of safety belts, including in-

structions on how to fasten and unfasten 
the safety belts. 

Each passenger shall be 

briefed on when, where, and under what 
conditions the safety belt must be fas-
tened about him or her. This briefing